46 motifs match “condition”  ·  back to the chapters

• Creation on condition that Israel accept Tora. A74.1
• Nature and condition of the sun. A720
• Nature and condition of the sun – miscellaneous. A739
• Nature and condition of the moon. Many motifs in A720 to A739 refer to the moon and are not here repeated. A750
• Condition and nature of the moon – miscellaneous. For eclipse of the moon see A737, where both eclipses of the sun and moon are handled. A759
• Creation and condition of the stars. A760
• Opposite of present. Everything on the earth – courses of rivers, height of mountains, human reproduction, etc. – are at first the reverse of the present condition. A855
• Nature and condition of the earth. A870
• Condition of first man (woman). A1281
• Races dark-skinned from bathing after white men. All peoples bathe in the river, the white man first, then in turn, the Spaniard, the Indian, and the negro – each becoming darker because of the condition of the water. A1614.2
• Tabu: looking into flask. Man given magic flask on condition that he never look into it. C323
• Disenchantment possible under unique conditions. Only one combination of time place and person will serve. D791
• Disenchantment fails because conditions are not fulfilled. D791.3
• Magic object controls condition of soil. D1563
• Bell sunk in sea can be raised only under certain conditions. D1654.10.1
• Magic power only under certain conditions. D1719.10
• Haruspices: divination by condition of animal's liver. D1812.5.0.5
• Magic compulsion to break wind under certain conditions. (Cf. D2063.5.) D2079.1
• Dead will not speak of their condition. E545.4
• Life token: bird sent each day to tell of hero's condition; when owl comes it will be to announce death. E761.7.6
• Water-maidens make conditions for lovers. F420.6.1.5
• Devil in fold of knight's cloak. (Cf. G303.6.2.12.) Knight permits him to lodge there and accompany him to a tournament on condition that he leave him without harm upon request. G303.8.9.1
• Novel settlement of dispute. Judge orders woman's second husband to return her to the first in the same condition as he received her (with child). J1173.1
• Literal following of instructions about greetings. Numskull gives wrong greeting and is told how to give the correct one. When he tries it, however, the conditions are wrong. J2461.2
• Deceptive bargain: an ox for five pennies. A woman who has been left the ox on condition that she give the proceeds to the poor offers it for five pennies, but it must be bought along with a cock at twelve florins. She gives the five pennies to the poor and keeps the twelve florins. K182
• Trickster lends bamboo on condition that it is returned exactly as it is. K196.3
• Cheater is forced to eat excrements. Gentleman agrees to exchange his good horse for the peasant's jade, provided the peasant will eat its excrements. The peasant finds no difficulty in the task, whereas the gentleman, put to the same condition when he wants to get back his horse, finds it impossible. K198
• To owe sixteen florins. Horse bought on condition that the buyer pay ten florins and owe sixteen. In court the buyer insists on the bargain and shows that if he pays the sixteen florins which he owes he will break the bargain, for then he would no longer owe. K224
• Refusal to tell about the Rhine treasure, though condition demanded is fulfilled when the only one who knows where it is is killed. K239
• Devil is made sick of his bargain. Devil helps shepherd boy become a minister on condition that he mention Satan by name each time he enters pulpit. Boy consents but does so in such a way that devil begs to abolish the agreement. K262.1
• Hag offers to run race with men on condition that the one left behind shall be beheaded. Marvelous runner beheads hag. M221.1
• Tiger lets man go on condition he does not tell what he has overheard. M295.1
• Special conditions for finding treasure. N542
• Noble woman given to foreigners on condition that thereafter their land be held by female right. P61
• Christian king makes baptism a condition for hospitality during the winter. P337.1
• "Men's truth" (fir fer). Challenger to single combat must submit to same conditions as person challenged. P557.4.4
• Conditions of captivity. R50
• Queen banished for saying that man's condition depends on what kind of wife he has. S411.2.1
• Girl will marry on condition she is to be only wife. T131.6
• Father giving away daughter makes condition: son-in-law not to see daughter as his wife during one year. T151.0.2
• Place and conditions of childbirth. T581
• Stories to show that one's name does not alter his condition. U119.5
• Sacrifice to get snow and good conditions for skiing. V17.4.1
• Chieftain who takes king unawares, spares him on condition that chieftain be called "lover" by women of king's tribe. W11.5.11.1
• Bishop willing to admit castrated man as monk: wishes all were in the same condition. X457.1
• Lie: animals inherit acquired characteristics or conditions. X1202